MIDDLESEX, N.J. — Greystone has arranged a $45.3 million loan for the refinancing of The View at Middlesex, a newly built, 200-unit apartment complex in Northern New Jersey. The property consists of 160 one-bedroom units, 40 two-bedroom units and 7,700 square feet of retail space. Amenities include a fitness center, lounge areas, a game room, pool and a roof deck. Benefit Street Partners Realty Trust provided the loan, which retires the construction financing originated by Procida Funding in 2018, to Forte Real Estate Development. Leasing began over the summer. Drew Fletcher, Matthew Hirsch, Bryan Grover and John Williams of Greystone handled the transaction.
ANDOVER, MASS. — SVN | Parsons Commercial Group has arranged the sale of a 60,000-square-foot industrial building in the northern Boston suburb of Andover. The sales price was $10.3 million. The property sits on 4.7 acres and will be available for lease next fall for the first time in more than 20 years. Alex Berger and Matt Quinlan of SVN represented the seller, Stickamayka Group LLC, in the transaction. The duo also procured the buyer, a joint venture between Boston-based Oliver Street Capital and Bain Capital Real Estate.
EATONTOWN, N.J. — OGS Recycling has signed a 34,801-square-foot industrial lease in Eatontown, located near the Jersey Shore. The building at 246 Industrial Way offers proximity to the Garden State Parkway, as well as a clear height of 30 feet and eight loading docks. Matt Leonelli of Sheldon Gross Realty represented the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. David Zimmel of Zimmel Associates represented the tenant.
By Taylor Williams A number of economic, demographic and bureaucratic headwinds are propelling investment in self-storage properties across Texas, such that some brokerage firms are on pace to have record-breaking deal volumes in 2021. Last year, the outbreak of COVID-19 postponed the typical leasing season of late spring and early summer. Individuals and businesses grappled with economic uncertainty by tightening their purse strings. But by fall of last year, leasing and occupancy rates had rebounded, making it clear to investors that self-storage assets tended to flow cash better than other property sectors. Consequently, a number of players shifted out of asset classes like retail, office and hospitality and into the more stable self-storage space. The early months of the pandemic also coincided with the natural tapering off of the development cycle in Texas. Numerous submarkets in major Texas cities had become overbuilt in the years leading up to 2020, and COVID-19 served as an additional governor on new supply, further bolstering leasing velocity and rent growth. And as the federal government pumped trillions of dollars of aid into the economy, ushering in a new era of inflation, investors were able to adjust their revenues to cover rising costs with ease.” …
COLUMBIA, TENN. — Hamilton Zanze has bought The Retreat at Arden Village, a 228-unit apartment community in Columbia, for $46.5 million. Tyler Mayo of Capstone Apartment Partners represented the seller, an entity doing business as Arden Village Apartments LLC. Adam Klenk, Austin Heithcock, Luke Searcy, Jonathan Hawks and Jordan Arand of Capstone also brokered the sale. Built in 2007 with additions in 2018, The Retreat at Arden Village was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale. The property includes one- and two-bedroom floorplans with an average unit size of 1,080 square feet. Community amenities include an indoor fitness center, business center, clubhouse, pool, dog park, billiards room and an outdoor entertainment kitchen with grills. Unit amenities include granite countertops, hardwood floors and in-unit washers and dryers. Located at 2477 Palomar Circle, the community is situated 40 miles south of Nashville and about 37.3 miles from Vanderbilt University. Comprising 19 three-story apartment buildings, the community is situated on 10 acres off U.S. Highway 31 in north Columbia. The property’s management has been transitioned to Hamilton Zanze affiliate Mission Rock Residential, a Denver-based company.
RALEIGH, N.C. — East West Partners has signed leases with two retail tenants and one office tenant at Crabtree Terrace, a 173,468-square-foot mixed-use development in Raleigh’s Crabtree Valley district. Hillman Duncan and John MacDonnell of JLL handle office leasing on behalf of the owner. CBRE is leading the retail leasing efforts. Located at 4509 Creedmoor Road, Crabtree Terrace includes 145,000 square feet of Class A office space and over 28,000 square feet of retail space. Opened in 2020, the building’s amenities include a fitness facility and locker rooms, as well as is located close to the Crabtree Creek Trail. Crabtree Terrace is just 10 miles from the Raleigh-Durham International Airport. JLL signed an undisclosed tenant to 13,000 square feet of office space at the property. The building already has office tenants, including Spaces, a coworking company, and Longleaf Law Partners, a boutique commercial real estate law firm. CBRE has added two retailers to the building’s ground floor, both of which will open by the end of 2021. The two new tenants are financial services company Fidelity Investments, which has signed a 7,400-square-foot lease, and Fiction Coffee, a Texas-based café that has signed a 1,400-square-foot lease. The property has additional onsite …
TAMPA, FLA. — TSCG has arranged the sale of The Greenhouse Shops, a Walmart-anchored shopping center in Tampa. Anthony Blanco and Mallory Silva of TSCG represented Abaco-Greenhouse, a private partnership in the $12 million sale to an affiliate of CF Properties, a private real estate investment firm from Miami. Built in 1985 and renovated in 2014, The Greenhouse Shops totals 36,670 square feet, not including Walmart, and was 96 percent leased at the time of sale. The Walmart Neighborhood Market totals 41,689 square feet. Located at 3611 W Hillsborough Ave., The Greenhouse Shops is situated on West Hillsborough Avenue and Himes Avenue. Also included in the sale was a Murphy’s USA Express gas station along Hillsborough Avenue. Other tenants in the center include Sanitas Medical Center, La Familia Pawn and Jewelry and El Oso Blanco Supermarket.
ATLANTA — Puttshack, a mini golf and entertainment provider, has signed a second lease in Atlanta at High Street, a $2 billion, 36-acre mixed-use property in Perimeter Center Parkway on the northside of Atlanta. National real estate developer, owner and operator GID Development Group is developing High Street and inked the lease with Puttshack. Puttshack is the first anchor tenant to be announced for High Street. The mini golf retailer will have more than 26,000 square feet of space and will feature four custom-made, tech-driven mini golf courses. The property will also feature ‘Trackaball’ technology, which includes automated scoring, bonus points opportunities and interactive games at each hole. The entertainment venue will also have a dining menu and full cocktail bar. The first phase of the project will break ground this year and is slated to open by 2023. The project will include 150,000 square feet of entertainment-driven retail and restaurants, approximately 600 rental apartments, 90,000 square feet of loft offices and 222,000 square feet of existing office space. Located at 211 Perimeter Center Parkway, High Street is situated at the intersection of Perimeter Center Parkway and Hammond Drive. The project is also located close to the Dunwoody MARTA Station, …
ATHENS, GA. — Stratus Development Group has sold The Haven of Athens, a 286-bed student housing community located near the University of Georgia campus in Athens. Inland Real Estate Acquisitions acquired the cottage-style community for an undisclosed price. The property was completed in fall 2020 and offers 93 two-, three- and four-bedroom units. Shared amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, grill, fire pit, dog park, fitness center, clubhouse, nature trails, green space, covered parking and study rooms. Travis Prince, Shawn Lubic and Victoria Marks of Cushman & Wakefield’s student housing capital markets group along with the company’s Sunbelt Advisory Group represented the seller in the transaction.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Developer KDC will build three new office buildings totaling approximately 1.4 million square feet at CityLine, a 204-acre mixed-use development located in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. Five CityLine will be an 18-story tower with 513,000 square feet, while Six CityLine will rise 13 stories and span 356,000 square feet. The third tower, Seven CityLine, will be a 15-story, 507,000-square-foot building. Dallas-based Corgan & Associates is designing the buildings, which will bring the total office component at CityLine to approximately 2.6 million square feet. The development also houses 200,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. In addition, more than 3,000 urban residential units, 148 hotel rooms and 20 acres of dedicated public green space are located within walking distance of CityLine. The new buildings are currently being marketed for lease, and construction will begin when a tenant(s) has been secured.